Method of shipping sheet bars and analogous metal pieces



Sept. 5, 1933. A, H, MOON 1,925,595

ALOGOUS METAL PIECES Patented Sept. 5, 1933 y METHOD OF SHIPPING SHEETBARS AND ANALOGOUS METAL PIECES Alva H. Moon, Middletown, Ohio, assignorto The American Rolling Mill Company, Middletown, Ohio, a corporation ofOhio Application November 21, 1930 Serial No. 497,210

Claims. (Cl. 20G- 60) The primary object of my invention is theprodestroy the unitary character thereof. An obvision of an improved wayof shipping metal ject of my invention is to gain the desired resultpieces, such as short sheet bars; and although in a construction whichis at once simple and inmy invention is not confined to ythe shipping ofexpensive but completely effective tothe desired 5 articles in apackage, which articles are held toend. Still another object of myinvention is to 60 gether in what is essentially a plurality of horigainthe desired result in a package in which zontally disposed stacks, yetmy invention is parthe encircling members are not subjected tounticularly adapted to the handling of assemblies of usual orunduestrain. pieces of sheet metal, bar metal, or other articles, These andother objects which will be set forth Whether metallic or not, in which,in any horihereinafter or will be apparent to one skilled in 65 zontaldirection, there are a pluralityvof separate the art upon reading thesespecifications, I accompieces in any given layer. plish by that certainconstruction and arrange- It has been the practice to ship sheet metal,ment of parts of which I shall now describe a prefor example, in apackage in which the sheets ferred embodiment, reference being had tothe are stacked one on another and are heldin an drawing, in which thefigure is a perspective View 70 integral package and against horizontaldisplaceof a iinished package made in accordance with ment withreference to each other by means enmy invention. Y circling the packagein both horizontal direc- Briefly stated, my invention comprises theastions. This method is not applicable to the shipsembling of sheet barsor similar articles in a Ding 0f Sheet bars With the same degree ofsucseries of piles of such size and so disposed as to 75 cess for thereason that in such packages, as form a package of the requireddimensione The ordinarily constructed, those encircling members packageis bound'by lengthwise encircling tying which are parallel to the longerdimension of the members such, for example, aS bands 01' Strips 0f bars,or the like articles, and which therefore wire. A Waster sheet orsimilar article is emengage the bars at their ends, do not engage theployed at the sides of the package to engage the 80 ends of all of thebars, and therefore the bars ends of the bare, and is held by transverseenare liable to displacement with reference to each circling bands. ItiS nOt necessary that the other by a movement in line with their longerdiwaster sheet contact the ends of all of the bars, mension. It might bepossible to encircle a packnor that it be co-extensive with the sides ofthe age of bars with enough bands or other tying package. It issuflicient if it contact, cover, or 85 members to engage the ends of allof the bars, protect fromlongitudinal movement the ends of but this isboth expensive and inconvenient. Conthe sheet bars in substantially theupper half, or sequently, in many shipments of sheet bars it a littlemore, of the package. The lowermost has been the practice to encirclethe package articles have relatively a very little tendency to withlengthwise bands only, the package being an shift lengthwise, bothbecause the strain is great- 90 oblong assembly of sheet bars in aplurality of er in the upper part of the package by reason of stacks,the longer dimension of the sheet bars the longer leverage, and alsobecause the fric- `extending along the shorter dimension of the tionalresistance to movement of the bars is package. This construction leftthe sheet bars enormously increased in the lower part of the unprotectedat their ends against a lengthwise ,package by reason of the relativelygreat weight 95 sliding movement end impact. In a co-pending of the superposed layers. Through the use of the application, Serial No.491,761,1i1ed October 28, Side members aforesaid, I iind that I caneiect- 1930, I have described a construcion` of packuallyprevent'endwise motion of the bars in the age vand a method of shippingarticles of this package, although I ordinarily use but one or twoclass, as well as other articles, in which an artitransverse tyingmembers in the package, which 100 cially produced configuration of thepackage is members alone would not be adequate to prevent caused totighten the lengthwise bands, whereby the said movement, because theywould not conthe sheet bars in the package are more tightly tact orcover the ends of all of the bars. clamped together. I have found thatthis pro- In the ligure, shown as disposed in the corner duced asuperior type of package. of a gondola car, I have indicated anassemblage 105 A specific object of my present invention, howof sheetbars 1, stacked in a plurality of piles 1a, ever, is to provide aconstruction of package in and etc. In the embodiment shown there are 6which the articles are more positively assembled tiers or piles, and thebars are laid with their in unit relationship and held against suchrelalongest dimension crosswise of the bundle. The

tive movement in the package as would tend to bundle rests upon skids 6,which may be of two 110 by four lumber, and I have shown a pair oflengthwise encircling tying members 2, which in this embodiment areWires tied or twisted together in the usual commercial manner. Wherethese wires contact the corners of the package formed of the severalstacks 10, and etc., I have shown corner pieces 3 of bent sheet or platemetal. The wires 2 may rest'upon the skids 6 beneath the package, ornot, as desired. I may employ in this type of package a pyramidal methodof stacking, whereby I nish olf the bundle on top with one or morelayers 7 and 8 of sheet bars, which are progressively less in lengththan the length of the package, whereby the binding action of thelongitudinal ties 2 is effectively increased upon the central portion ofthe package. I may also place a longitudinally disposed sheet bar 9under each of the lengthwise ties on the top of the package.

I have shown a waster sheet or like article 5 disposed on the sideportions of my package. In order to assist in holding it in position,particularly during the assembling of the package, I bend over the upperportion of the sheet as at 5a, forming a flange, and I dispose this angein engagement over the top of my assembly. As hereinabove explained, thedimensions of the waster sheet 5 do not have to be co-extensive with thedimensions of the sides of my package, but may be considerably less.Nevertheless the dimensions should preferably be such as will cause thewaster sheet 5 to engage or cover a portion of the ends of all of thebars in the upper part of the package. I have shown in the figure awaster sheet long enough to extend partly over the ends of the bars inpiles la and 1f, and deep enough to extend downwardly a distancesomewhat more than half the height of the package. As hereinaboveexplained, it is not necessary that the sheet cover or contact the endsof the bars in the lower part of the package because such bars have arelatively negligible tendency to shift with reference to each other. Itwould be possible to employ, with entire satisfaction, a sheet of suchdimensions as would extend to the bottom of the package or would coverthe entire side thereof.

It will be observed that in my package the structure used for shippingpurposes only comprises merely the skids, the lengthwise and transverseties, the angle pieces 3, and the waster sheets 5, whereby I secure anadequately protected package with very little dunnage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, iszl. A package of metal articles comprising aseries of said articles arranged in a plurality of horizontally disposedcontiguous piles, the longer dimension of said articles extending in thedirection of the shorter dimension of said assemblage, longitudinal tiemembers encircling said assemblage in the direction of its longerdimension, and lateral tie members encircling said assemblage in thedirection of its shorter dimension, and means interposed between theends of said arregatas ticles and said lateral tie members, said meansadapted to extend over the ends of said articles in at least the upperhalf of said assemblage.

2. A package of metal articles comprising a series of said articlesarranged in a plurality of horizontally disposed contiguous piles, thelonger dimension of said articles extending in the direction of theshorter dimension of said assemblage, longitudinal tie membersencircling said assemblage in the direction of its longer dimension, andlateral tie members encircling said assemblage in the direction of itsshorter dimension, and means interposed between the ends of saidarticles and said lateral tie members, said means adapted to extend overthe ends of said articles in at least the upper half of said assemblage,said assemblage resting upon longitudinally disposed skids.

3. In a package, a plurality of rectangular metal articles disposed in aplurality of horizontally arranged contiguous piles, longitudinalencircling tying members about said assemblage and laterally disposedtying members about said assemblage, and sheet metal members one oneither side of said assemblage at the ends of said articles, said sheetmetal members having a bent over flange engaging said assemblage on thetop thereof, and a depending portion engaging said assemblage at saidsides, said depending portion being large enough to cover the ends of asubstantial number of said articles in the upper part of saidassemblage, said sheet metal members lying beneath said tying members.

4. In a package, a plurality of rectangular metal articles disposed in aplurality of hori- 110 zontally arranged contiguous piles, longitudinalencircling tying members about said assemblage and laterally disposedtying members about said assemblage, and sheet metal members one oneither side of said assemblage at the ends of said articles, said sheetmetal members having a bent over ange engaging said assemblage on thetop thereof, and a depending portion engaging said assemblage at saidsides, said depending portion being large enough to cover the ends 120of a substantial number of said articles in the upper part of saidassemblage, said sheet m'etal members lying beneath said tying members,said assemblage resting upon longitudinally disposed skids.

5. In a package, a plurality of metallic pieces of generally rectangularshape arranged in a number of horizontally disposed contiguous piles,sheet metal members each having a portion bent over to form a flangearranged with said flange '130 engaging over the top of said piles, theremaining portion of said sheet metal portions depending to cover theends of said pieces in a substantial portion in not less than the upperhalf of said assemblage, and lateral and longitudinal tying members 135arranged to encircle said assemblage, one set of said tying membersholding said sheet metal members in place.

ALVA H. MOON.

